Microsoft Set To Release Test Version Of Book Search

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Microsoft is set to release a test version of its competitor to Google’s controversial book-scanning project. Unlike Google’s program, Microsoft’s Live Search Books, which goes online December 7, is only scanning out-of-copyright books or those whose copyright owners have given explicit permission. By contrast, Google is scanning in-copyright books, though only books out of copyright […]

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Verisign Keeps Control Of .COM Until 2012

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The U.S. government has approved a deal under which VeriSign, which has operated the .com domain since 1999, will retain control of the domain until 2012. The proposal, drafted by VeriSign and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), was presented to the U.S. Department of Commerce in March of this year. Since […]

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PG Weekly Newsletter: Part 2 (2006-12-06)

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From news at mail1.pglaf.org Thu Dec 7 02:13:13 2006 From: news at mail1.pglaf.org (Project Gutenberg Newsletter) Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 02:13:13 -0800 Subject: [gweekly] Pt2 Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter Message-ID: <20061207101313.GA21034@mail.pglaf.org> GWeekly_December_06_part2.txt The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter 06 Dec 2006 eBooks Readable By Both Humans and Computers Since 1971 – – – – – […]

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PG Weekly Newsletter (2006-12-06)

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pgweekly_2006_12_06.txt The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter For Wednesday, December 6, 2006 ****eBooks Readable By Both Humans And Computers Since July 4, 1971**** This Weeks Comments ——————- This weekend PG (+ Reserved/Pending) passed the 20,000 mark!!! My congratulations to all who helped make this milestone. :-) When I receive the updates for the ‘Corrections, Revisions and […]

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PG U.S. hits the 20,000 mark!

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During the first few days of December 2006, Project Gutenberg U.S. (including Reserved/Pending) reached the 20,000 mark!This is a fantastic effort from all involved, my congratulations to everyone who helped in reaching this milestone.   — Mike

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Taxes Loom For Online Assets

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At the fourth annual State of Play/Terra Nova symposium, a panel discussion on the tax implications of real assets in virtual worlds offered attendees a clear message: paying taxes on such assets is just a matter of time. One panelist, Bryan Camp, tax professor at the Texas Tech University School of Law, noted that existing […]

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PG Other Newsletter: A Standard Ebook Format (2006-12-04)

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From hart at pglaf.org Mon Dec 4 14:24:51 2006 From: hart at pglaf.org (Michael Hart) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 14:24:51 -0800 (PST) Subject: [gweekly] [PW] A Standard eBook Format? – A Graduate Research Survey (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612041424460.24180@mail1.pglaf.org> ———- Forwarded message ———- Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 17:36:55 -0700 From: EDWARD GOAS <EDWGOAS at uat.edu> […]

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Manchester Plans Municipal Wi-Fi Network

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The city of Manchester in the United Kingdom announced plans to build a municipal Wi-Fi network that will cover 90 percent of the city and include as many as 2.2 million people. The wireless network is part of the city’s bid to win a government competition for IT funding. In that competition, called the Digital […]

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New Rules Require Storing e-Mail

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New rules go into effect December 1 requiring organizations that are parties to federal legal cases to be able to provide “electronically stored information” as evidence in those matters. Many courts have begun requiring such evidence, and the new rules clarify that federal courts will also insist on similar procedures. Some observers noted that as […]

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Yahoo Says No To Google Request For Information

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As part of its legal defense in a lawsuit over its book-scanning project, Google has sought information from other companies about similar projects. The lawsuit was brought by a group of publishers and the Authors Guild, alleging that Google violates their copyrights when it scans protected books. Amazon.com offers shoppers previews of books they are […]

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Study Of Laptop Use On Campus Finds Mixed Results

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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that although laptop-using students have more flexibility in when and where they study and spend more time on assignments than students who visit computer labs, their academic work shows no measurable improvement. Both groups of students get approximately the same grades. The researchers discovered that the laptop users spent […]

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